Important Announcements:
*Happy Birthday to Jeremy Bourque! Jeremy will celebrate his birthday on Monday,
October 1st.
*Casey the Fire Dog will be here presenting to grades K-2 on
Tuesday, October 2nd at 9:00 a.m. in the cafeteria.
*End of the First Nine Weeks is Friday, October 5, 2012. Report cards will be available online starting
Friday, October 12th.
*Yankee Candle order forms with money are due back on
Monday, October 8th. Money
raised during the Yankee Candle Sale goes back into the classroom through
grants.
*Parent / Teacher conferences are fast approaching. They will take place on Wednesday, October 10th
from 4:30 – 8:00 p.m. and Thursday, October 11th from 4:30 – 8:00
p.m. I will be sending home a reminder
letter with your scheduled day and time on Monday, October 1st.
*Information about a class list was sent home this
week. If you are interested in sharing
your contact information with the other parents in the class so that play dates
can be set up, or homework questions can be answered, or for any other reason,
please make sure to send the paper back by Monday, October 1st. Thanks!
*Donations needed! We
love using our fluency phones in class, and we need to keep them clean and germ
free! We are in need of Clorox or Lysol wipes
so we can clean and sanitize them. If
you would be willing to donate some, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!
*We had a special guest come to our school today – Dr. Tony
Bennett, our State Superintendent of Public Instruction, surprised us by
announcing that Ms. Suzanne Whitton, DT’s visual arts teacher, has been named
the 2013 Indiana Teacher of the Year!
Congratulations, Ms. Whitton!
*Mrs. Kraus will be in our room on Friday, October 12th
at 9:00 a.m. She will be doing another
character education lesson with us!
A Look at Next Week:
Science/ Health
Weather
Science/ Health
Weather
Spelling
Abbreviations
Reading
Story: Mr. Putter
and Tabby Fly the Plane
Skill: predicting outcomes
Daily Five: Read to someone; build stamina; listen to
reading
Math
Time of Day, What’s My Rule with Base-10 Blocks, Pockets Bar
Graph
Social Studies
Government unit
English
Irregular Plural nouns
Writing
Procedures; building stamina
